, 1887-05-05

day.
flgeon shoots are getting to be matters
OF very frequent occurrence.
The Ancient Order of United Work
men were in session last evening.
Travel is exceedingly heavy over the
Union Pacific, especially toward the West.
Sara Bernhard is expected on every
train from the East on her way to the Pa
citic coast.
Real estate IN Capitol avenue advanced
25 per cent yesterday. There is a good
deal in a name after all.
A. Jackson and family have departed
for England and are now somewhere on
the bosom of the Atlantic.
The regular weekly entertainment of
the M. +. Lyceum will occur at the
Methodist church this evening.
The G. A. r. committee of arrange
ments will hold a meeting at Judge Fish
er's office at 8 o'clock this evening.
The time for the meeting of the Bur-
lington & Missouri right of way commits
sioners has been extended two weeks.
The Mother Goose" entertainment is
to be repeated by the Band of Hope at
the Congregational church tomorrow
evening.
There were a good many people at the
train Yesterday morning to see Messrs.
Bon and Zehner take their departure on
the trip to the old country.
Next Monday, May 9, is the return day
of the water ditch proceedings, at which
time parties interested will have to appear
before Chief Justice Maginnis at cham
bers.
Constable Goddard has opened an office
in the Union Mercantile block, where
hereafter any one having official business
to transact will find him at all reasonable
hours.
The earthquakes are getting a little
nearer Cheyenne, and, as a matter of pre-
caution, it might be well for people to
provide themselves with balloons in which
to pass the nights.
City Engineer provinces is having his
hands full in establishing grades for those
who, under the recent order of the city
council, are supposed to lay sidewalks
within twenty days.
The Spring Valley, Cal, 5000, 900
ditch, of which the Associated Press dis
patches speak, uni through the farm
now owned and occupied by ex- Sheriff
Craig, whose place of residence is at
Spring Valley, fortv.fve miles from Sac
ramento, Cal.
The county commissioners have been
wrestling with the problem of changing
the Fort Laramie roadSbetween the head
Of Ferguson street and the nine mile
hill" but have not made it wide enough
eighty feet-to suit a great many, among
whom is County Road Supervisor Martin.
The United States signal observer re-
ports as follows: Maximum temperature
yesterday, go; minimum temperature,
43'; highest wind, lG miles per hour /;
direction, n. w. At 3 p. M. the tenn
perature at Salt Lake was 6s'. Denver 10,
Omaha CSC, North Platte $50, Yankton,
TO-. Des Moines 60. Davenport II.
Real estate matters were extremely
lively at times yesterday. One firm, of
two members, who are often drawn about
town by a red broncho hitched to a cart,
visited one of their lady clients yesterday
and attempted to carry away the front
door. To this the landlady objected and
drove both members of the firm out Of
her house and down street for a block OF
two. She is able to take care of herself
if she is a lone oman
A most extraordinary report on the do.
ings, last Tuesday evening, at one of our
real estate Offices, has reached the public
through various sources. The report COW
ers a sale of lots and blocks, the real es.
tate firm being the purchaser, who gave
some cash and some notes as the consid-
Grafton. The purchasers for some unex.
planned reason sickened of their bargain,
and when the late owner entered their
place of business on Tuesday evening,
they obtained possession of the notes
they had gwen him, and tore them mp.
This, of course, brought about a big row,
and the end is not yet.